I don’t know about bang for your buck. The two bottles I got from Aaron were in the $70s. Just opened one at Bestia. Amazing truly. I’ve had Desperada Cab before, very good.

Field Recordings is the best bang for buck, also in tin city. We go to Tin City after the wineries close so we can hang at the brewery and listen to music. But wine tasting is always best in wineries, not tasting room in industrial areas…

I don’t want to sound argumentative but also want to give a true picture for anyone reading.

I didn’t say “bang for your buck”, I said “bang for your TIME”. And BTW, I just checked, and Aaron’s current offerings top out at $48.

While a tasting room on vineyard property is certainly a more complete experience, the wineries at Tin City aren’t all just tasting rooms. They actually MAKE wine at some of them. We could go on forever about ‘virtual’ wineries. Half of California’s wineries don’t own any vineyards, yet lots of them make great wine.

Yes i agree with all of your points. We’ve been in tasting room areas like los olivos and wine ghetto and tin city a LOT. it’s a great way to taste a lot of stuff… just missing the aesthetic of beautiful places …

Thatcher for example. The old ranch of Lucky Baldwin with animals etc.

That’s good news about aaron. we bought our bottles in 2014 when tin city had 3 wineries. before Benson moved in

Herman Story was great. Excellent wine and the people place have a lot of character. Fun times. I can see why this place is popular

The other wines we really enjoyed was at Aaron. Very good pinot and a very nice dry old world style Riesling. Tin city is a cool spot. The ice cream next door was really good. Good creamy texture. Traditional flavors but you could taste all the ingredients.

Nice. Herman story isn’t very popular but it is amazing. Glad you hit up Aaron also. Miss that stuff. last 2 times in paso we didn’t go to tincity at all… that reminds me… we rented this Geo Dome last time… so dope